Dress-form



(No Model.)

W. A. JOHNSON.

DRESS FQRM. No. 397,986. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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ATTEET, INVENTIJEL,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM A. JOHNSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

DRESS-=FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 397,986, datedFebruary 19, 1889.

Application filed July 22, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDress-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in forms for fitting anddraping dresses and the like; and it consists in the peculiar and novelcombination and arrangement of the various parts for service, as will behereinaftcr more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of the class abovenamed in which all of the parts thereof will be adjustable and uponwhich a dress of any size may be easily and readily draped or fitted,and the said adj ustable parts adapted to be held securely at thedesired points by suitable fastening devices, as will be hereinafterspecifically described.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedress-form embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an e11- larged detachedperspective view of the waistband or wire carrying the vertical rods andthe guides or brackets thereon; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detachedperspective view of the collar-band or annulus, showing in connectiontherewith the vertical rods and shoulder-wires and supporting-standard.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, in which like letters ofreference denote correspondin g parts in the several figures, Adesignates a series of vertical wires that are employed in forming theportion of the form above the waistband or wire N, and the latter isrendered adjustable to increase or decrease the size of the waist bymeans of the set-screws and guides or brackets E. To this waistband orwire N are suitably secured the upper bent ends of a series of verticalskirt wires or rods, B, which are in turn connected by lower andintermediate skirt-rings, O, in any suitable manner, but preferably bysolder. These skirt bands or rings are capable of adjustment to decreaseor increase the breadth of the skirt by means of the set-screws and theguides or brackets E, as shown. The upper ends of Serial No. 244,967.(No model.)

the vertical rods or wires B are provided with the guides or brackets CD, which are adapted to receive the lower ends of the wires A. It willbe seen and understood from this construction that the form isvertically adjustable, and can be held at any desired point by thebinding-screws in the brackets D.

A designates the shoulder rods or wires, which are connected at theirinner ends to the sections K .I, which form the collar-band, and overthese shoulder rods or wires are passed and secured the upper portionsof the vertical rods A in any preferable manner.

S indicates a vertical post or standard mounted upon a suitable base, R,and carrying at its upper end a loosely-fitting sleeve, L, upon which isformed a flat circular plate or disk, .I, to which are suitably securedwires L, which latter lie parallel at their outer portions with theshoulder-wires A, to which they are connected by the binding screws andthe guides or brackets G H. The loose sleeves, together with the wiresL, form a swivel-support for the form, the skirt being positivelyconnected to the bust portion and sustained thereby.

The two sections of the collar-band or annulus are adjustably connectedby means of an elongated slot and locking-pin, B. It will be understoodfrom the construction that the shoulders of the form maybe adjusted todecrease or increase the size of the same to thereby fit the dress atthat point.

M indicates a .rod or wire that is adapted to encircle the upper portionof the form above the waist to form the bust, and to the said wire atthis point are secured the vertical wires or rods A by solder or in anyother desired manner. This wire or rod M is capable of lat eral adjustmentby means of a set-screwworking in the guide or bracket mountedupon the ends of the said wire.

The ring or band 0 at the lower ends of the vertical wires of the formis braced and connected to the standard S at that point by means oftic-rodsP Q, as shown.

The ends of the several sliding wires employed in constructing this formare bent to form hooks or steps, which prevent the same from pulling outor leaving the guides or brackets carried by the same.

The ()POl'fLtlOl'l of the invention is obvious. ing said wire L, and theloose sleeve connected 10 Having described my invention, what I to thesaid plate and carried byt-he upper end claim is of the said standard,substantially as de- In a dress-form, the combination, with the scribed.5 standard and the adjustable bust and skirt 1 YHIIA T i A. OlIhbOA.w1res,of the ad ustaMe collarba11d, the ad- 1 J J justableshoulder-wires, the wire L, carried l Witnesses: along said shoulderwires and connected JOHN H. REDSTONE,

thereto by thebraekcts G H the plate sustain- L. E. REDSTONE.

